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31 Mar, 2010

Georgia Parent Protection Act is in the news

Posted by: Jennifer Morales In: Georgia|Parental Leave

An excellent 3-page article on the Parent Protection Act was published in the Winter 2010 edition of the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities Magazine. The article starts on page 14. Another article supporting the Parent Protection Act, written by the president of the state chapter of the AAUW, was published in the Rome New Tribune.

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Vickie Underwood, a leader of 9to5 and the Atlanta coalition that’s part of the Family Values @ Work consortium, was featured on an NPR broadcast today about the need for flexibility in low-wage jobs. After working a full shift, Vickie needed to register her children for school. Her boss insisted she stay for another three [...]

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